Guest Columns
Colorado deserves better — I’m voting no on Prop DD
In an era of money-hungry government, this election cycle seeks to move us further down a path asking taxpayers to give more, fund more,...
Opportunity zones: Who benefits?
The 2017 tax bill provides for the creation of “Opportunity Zones” (OZs) — economically distressed communities where as a result of investment in said...
Clinging to privilege
On Saturday, March 6, hundreds of CU Boulder students played part in a maskless, bacchanal spring celebration in the midst of a pandemic that...
Students demand action
On March 21, CU-Boulder Students Demand Action (CU-SDA) held our first public meeting, hosting 85 members of the CU-Boulder and greater BVSD community in...
Climate delayers are climate deniers
Are you feeling a little more than pissed that so much said and written about climate change is about the problem but not the...
COVID carnage in India
Over the last 10 days, witnessing the bleak and horrific toll that COVID has taken across India, and all territories that India illegally occupies,...
A close call and a second chance
The light at the end of the tunnel is nearing. Sooner than I anticipated, the post-pandemic world is gradually reopening and spreading its wings....
Market forces for products, not people
There is a lot of discussion about teacher pay in the United States, and Colorado is no exception. What gets less attention is the...
Welcoming more racial diversity through affordable housing
Boulder residents must realize that diversity is not implemented into their city by openly declaring their acceptance of it, but rather through changing structures...
It’s time to vaccinate the world
President Joe Biden’s commitment to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses (sufficient to fully vaccinate 250 million people) was great news but, with billions...
Open space development isn’t a solution for inequity
Timothy Thomas’ “opinion” in the October 7, 2021 issue of Boulder Weekly (“Open Space, CU South and civil rights: A first step towards ‘Just...
Who will forgive us?
In 1957, 15-year-old Dorothy Counts became the first black student to attend Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Escorted by Dr. Edwin Thompkins,...
